How to Use police force in a Sentence

police force

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Definition of police forcenext
Synonyms for police forcenext
  • He joined the local police force.
  • Pifer, who is still on the police force, was not charged in the killing.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Marc Davis, 35, who has been on the police force nine years, was charged with one count of fraud.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Richardson has served on the police force for 28 years.
    — I.c. Murrell, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2022
  • The chief thanked Schaaf for supporting a plan to increase the size of the city’s police force.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Victor Herrera, the head of the police force for Guayaquil, was mulling whether to give the order to breach.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
  • George, who had been with the police force for 10 years at the time of the shooting, could not be reached for comment.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The court has no police force of its own to enforce warrants.
    — Mike Corder and Raf Casert, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The town had set a deadline to start the police force by August, but that didn’t happen.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The change to public safety is a big upset given the high crime rates in the city and the shrinking police force.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The police force has apologized for the distress caused to the two athletes.
    — NBC News, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The city north of Seattle has a small staff that includes a police force and public works crew.
    — David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2022
  • The fire broke out at a building in Rome that houses members of the Carabinieri police force.
    — Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The Montgomery police force has faced such tragedy before.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Dages, who served two years on the La Mesa police force, was fired after the incident.
    — Julie Watson, ajc, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The first police force that were at the scene of the crime appear confused and disorganized.
    — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021
  • The flow of arms enables the gangs to have superior firepower to the police forces.
    — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • His father was a 37-year veteran of the city’s police force.
    — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 12 July 2022
  • One of the slain officers was a veteran of the police force, with at least 22 years on the job, Meyer said.
    — CNN, 15 June 2022
  • For Pakistan’s military and police forces, the last year was the bloodiest in a decade.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The wound would be fatal for Jackson, who was Ponder’s dear friend before the two even joined the police force.
    — Scott Talley, Freep.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Mendez was killed three days shy of celebrating his 23 years as a member of the police force.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Officer Gary Bowen worked as a sketch artist during his time on the police force.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The way the nation’s biggest police force communicates has evolved over the past 200 years.
    — Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Members of the police force were able to join Saturday's march of their own accord.
    — Mike Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022
  • Keechant Sewell beat out candidates from around the country to lead the nation’s largest police force.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2021
  • On Monday, a special police force was expected to take over the search.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The police force operates outside of the city’s control, leaving much of its work opaque.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Domestic police forces and the National Guard in some states could be empowered to help federal agents in an extraordinary effort to track down and deport millions of people.
    — Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Listen to this article Loading your audio article The Plainville community is in mourning after losing a longtime member of its police force on Saturday.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025

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